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Dead silence in the parlor. Half
lights. More silence. Dim lights. In
crease Of silence. Female voice speaks
verbally, breaking quiet: 80, Jack,
you haven't shaved to-day" More
silence in the parlor, accompanied by
gradualIy-decreasing quiet in the sit
ting-room.-
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A New York Judge has decided that
"cornering' is a crime. When you
return home q few inches after mid
night by the clock and your wife be-
gins to question and ..cross" examine
you, and finally begins to corner
you, call her attention to this decision.
-NOrrjStOlCR HeraiH
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Energetic Russell Sage.

If there is man in New York who is pro-
PEELED by steam it is Russell Sage. When
he steps out of his Office upon the street he
goes shooting up, down or across Broadway
as if driven by an unseen and uneasy power
No one ever saw Mr.. Sage quiet unless when
asleep, and even there he probably twists
and jerks like an eel. At his office he re-
ceives a caller with hand mechanically ex-
tended, mechanically pumped and worked at
a rapid rate, and unless the visitor puts in
his time with much celerity it makes Mr..
Sage crawl all over with apprehension that
n second will be lost. He never sits still in
q chair--in truth, he prefers to stand. :,
There is probably no moro miserable man
in New York than Mr. Sage on the witness
stand. When he had to swear In the elevated
railroad cases he settled into his chair as if
tho hand of fate had struck him; he held on
to himself as If to keep his soul from flying
from his body. and when he was released he
grabbed his hat, shot out of the court room
and was on his way to his Office as if pursued
by the Evil One. Mr.. Sage takes the elevated
up from his office after business hours, walks
pell nell from the Forty second street sta
tion into Fortythird street, jumps into his
carriage and is whirled into the street in
jifry and off through the park. When he
can't keep in motion any other way be
twitches his facial muscles and nervously
works his hanis.-Nsw York Tribune.
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PLAYERS AND SINGERS.

Mime. Gerster is living in Paris at present
in strict retirement.
Lester Eallael is going to Florida to pass
the rest OF the winter. ,f- -rs t.F.
Lillian Olcott is called the Sarah Bernhardt
of the American stage.
BILLY" Florence gave 200 free tickets to
Denver newsboys on Christmas day. -.s,
"MeNooney's visit" will soon succeed the
"O'Reagan's" at Harrigan's theatre in New
York. 's5FEs fE s@%
Minnie Palmer is going to stay another
month in Australia. She plays liz this
country in October next. Ifs t.3
The new farce Kindergarten" I" was writ.
ten by Robert Griffin Morris, and has al.
ready scored great hit.
The ezar has ordered the construction Of .
large theatre In 81, Petersburg, TO be conse-
Grated to Russian opera and ballet.
Sarah Bernhardt was given an ovation at
Panama; special trains being run across the
isthmus from Aspinwall, and thousands going
to see her performances.
Edwin Forrest once reproached q asupe"
in provincial theatre for not delivering his
lines with sufficient energy. Catching hold
OF the poor fellow the great actor thundered
forth the words in stentorian tones, adding:
"There, you fool, why do you not speak like
thatp The "supe" modestly and aptly re-
piled: "lf could talk like that, Mr. Forrest,
would not be working here for 9l week."
"Quite right, quite right" said Forrest, as he
slipped a f2 note into the astonisbed fellows
hand. 1870
Mrs. Rive-King, the pianist, gave concert
in St Paul the other Cay. After 1t was over
very well known lady of that city, who had
fingered in the hall, met On the stairway O
lady whose inuffled face she thought she had
seen before, but whose name she couldn't re.
call isn't Mme King a lovely playeran
said she. ayes, / think she is" was the re-
ply "Bnt isn't she homelyp continued the
St. Paul lady. II don't think ever saw
homelier person" Eyes, I quite agree with
yon." was the quiet answer. Haven't met
you before" inquired madam. "Your face
seems very familiar. May ask your nane?"
Julia Rive King" said the pianist II know
that am homely, and also know that you
meant no offense. If you admire my playing
yoii may say what you please about my face!"
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FRANCE AND GERMANY.
SIZE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ARMIES
ON A PEACE FOOTING.

The Army of France Greater Than That
of Germany by Nearly SO, O,O00-warlike
Preparations on the Part of Both Ma
tions-Bismarck's Speech.
Those who read the war sky of Europe aver
that there are clouds and storms ahead Be-
fore many months they say, there will be
music in the air. The speech of Bismarckato to
the reichstag has called attention anew to
the subject. The equilibrium of Europe is so
tense that slight blow at almost any point
would shattor it to ssaS SnszatS.
I IS expected that the fragile fabric win
crack along the line between France and Ger
many. When Bismarck asks for additions to
the army Germany means war, tho prophets
say. They recall that Bismarck made tho
Same sort Of speech in the spring of 1866, and
in June of that year took place the battle of
Sadowa, i'll which Germany dccisivcly
whipped Austria. Again, in the spring of
1870, he called attention to the need for
strengthening the imperial army. Sept. OF
that year Napoleon III and an army of GO, 900
surrendered to the Prussians at Sedan. It is
Franco again that Bismarck is driving at now.
Years cannot wipe out the wrath and
shame of France over her defeat by Ger
many. Around tho beautiful Place de 10
Concorde in Paris are placed statues repre-
senting the principal cities of the departments
of France as they wcrc before Sedan Among
them is Strasbourg in the lost province of
Alsace. Ever since 1871 the statue has been
hung with those ugly black and white bead
funeral wreaths so common in Europe
Every year, on the anniversary of the taking
of the Bastile, French boys are taken to the
funeral statue and vowed to vengeance for
tho loss of the city.
Poor Strasbourg!" the Parisians say, 1--WE
lost her, but we will get her back"
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WHAT THE YOUNG FOLKS SAY.

Unjust Observation-Disclosures Dot - Oh,
dear. don't see why people can't be as good
to their children as they are to themselves.
Little Dick-What's matter, Dot? "Ise got
an awful toothache.n "Dont your mamma
have toothache, toos" "No, she's got herself
teeth wot she can take out Omaha World
He was a nobby young man of blue blood
and good financial backing, and as he sat
down in the car he pulled out his handker-
chief. An odor Of perfume was waited
through the car, and boy sitting beside his
mother suddenly called out: "Sey, ma, why
can't we buy onions which smell as nice as
that"-Detroit Free Press
Little Julia ia In the habit of saying
4Amen" to the grace her papa asks at the
table, and she usually says it heartily and
with unction But she failed to say 1t alto
gether at breakfast few mornings ago, and
sat looking gloomily at the table, which had
rather less on 1t than usual and nothing that
Julia likes. Some one at the table asked
why Julia was silent. 9Puh," she said with
fine scorn, Il don't think I'll say amen for
such breakfast as this-Boston Record"
A middle aged man, whose business keeps
him away from home on all days except Sun
day, had occasion to chastise his eldest boy
one Sabbath about three weeks ago. As soon
as the shingle seance was over the child ran
crying into the house "Why, Johnnie what
is the matterp asked the mother in alarm.
"That big fellows been licking me-" whim-
pered the boy. @What fellow do you mean,
Johmie?" "Why that fellow what stays
here every Sunday" replied the urchin, with
a gulp.-Chicago Herald.
This is an odd conceit OF another very little
girl, last Sunday, when it began showing.
A day or two previous mamma had been
making some new pillows and emptying the
old ones, which was rare sport for the little
one, inasmuch as she got her dress covered
with the down. Looking out of the window
at the falling flakes she said: aOh, mamma,
look at tho sky all full Of white specks!"
Then in moment, IL dess bod has been
making some new pillows. Boston Record.
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POETS or ONE POEM.

Wolf, Gray, Wood worth, and Payne Ra-
me,nbered for a Single Poem.
An Interesting list might be made of single
poem poets, and an Instructive essay bn writ
ten on their lives and works. Single Speech
Hamilton made many speeches, though but
one has become famous And Charles Wolf
wrote more than the Burial OF Sir John
Moore" yet by this one poem will he always
be remembered. So, too. George Withsrs'
"Shall Wasting in Despair" is only the best
known of a large number of poerns-some of
them quite equal to it, from critical point
of view. perhaps superior. Shirley would
hardly be remembered by general readers but
for his fine ode. "The Glories of Our Blood
aud State" Thomas, of Celano, would be
forgotten but for "Dies Irae," and those great
national hyrnns the 'Star Spangled Banner"
tue "Wacht am Rben," the "Marseillaise"
and God Save tho Queen" may be accounted
famous works OF single poem poets.
Many pcopla who talk of Ben Jonson
would be puzzled to quote single line except
from his "Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes" and, though Walters name is so we'll
known, lie is moro often recognized as the
writer of the lines on girdle than on account
of anything else. Thomsons "Rule Britannia"
has earned him more fame than his Seasons
or his epitaph on Newton; and more people
know Gray's "Elegy" than have ever oven
read bis "Odcs" Samuel Woodwork wrote
1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket" but who wrote
"Ben Bolt" and 1.-THE Old Continentals?"
1t is but seldom that one writer is fortunate
enough to produce two such well known
pieces as Campbells "Hohenlinden" and "Yo
Mariners Of England; while Dibdin, though
he wrote so much that once was popular,
would be almost forgotten now but for 'Tom
Bowling" Such list might be greatly pro-
longed Lady Ann Lyndsay's ''Auld Robin
Gray" William Spcnccr's death of Gelert,"
and Gays "How Happy Could 1 be With
Either" might all be cited, and many more;
but enough has been said to show how little
even the best critics can judge of poets
powers by single specimen, and how much
accident, if it can so be termed, of one happy
line or one good melody may havo to do with
the fame of writer who would otherwise be
unknown. These remarks apply with greater
force to song writers than to any other Sersi-
fiers. A good first line often makes a song,
and still more good tune, without which,
indeed, it would fall comparatively into OBJ
livion. John Howard Payne only wrote the
words, not the melody. of "Home, Sweet
Home Henry Watterson in Courier
journal.
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ARCHBISHOP coRRIGAN. lea, and was made
professor Of dogmatic theology and sacred
scripture and director OF the ecclesiastical
seminary of Seton Hall college. Besides this
be undertook missionary work in South
Orange, N. ]. He was made president of the
college in 1868. In 1873 he was made bishop
: of Newark, where he founded a reformatory
for boys end women and an asylum for the
orphan boys of his diocese, dedicated forty
two new churches and founded several relig-
ious communities. He was appointed CO.
adjutor-archbishop to Cardinal Archbishop
McCloskey in 1880, and upon the latter's
death was appointed to his present high
Office
Archbishop Corrigan is popular alike with
Protestants and Catholics. He is young in
years for one SO exalted in the church, and
his appearance is even more youthful. He
has been one of the strongest opponents in
New York of Henry Georges theories, and
he made an able argument against them in
pastoral letter to the faithful of his church,
issued Nov. 81, 1886. His attainments are
SCHOLARLY
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This map shows the provinces that France
lost to Prussia in TO- It is no secret that
neither France nor Germany believes that
Sedan was the end OF the tussle. Germany
insists that she wants peace, and would prob
ably keep it II France would let her. But
France has been breathing fire and vengeance
ever since I'D and Germany has been
strengthening her Notifications along the
Alsace- Lorraine frontier. Exceeding care is
taken that no French soldier, artist or spy
shall get inside these works and by any
means get a sketch of them for the Paris
government
As to France France has been steadily in
creasing her army ever since Sedan. War
credits are voted year by year, and small
fights in Africa and elsewhere seem to be en-
couraged rather than otherwise, in order that
The French soldiers might keep their hand in
France has made no bones about the in
creased size and efficiency of her army, A
member of the cabinet recently said in ses-
sion of the senate that, II it came TO the test.
it would be found that "no time had been
wasted in the last fifteen years" by tho mill
tary. The past year France has spent moro
than Sl7, 100000 on her army and dcfenses.
Ballooning torpedo experimenting and sea
fighting, offensive and defensive, have occu-
pied closely the attention of the government.
1t was France that made the military balloon
effective. Gun ballon captif" was among the
features of French military operations in the
Chinese war. It's highest efficiency has only
been reached since the Franco-P -Prussian war.
A glance at the diagram given herewith
will show the comparative size of tho armies
of France and Germany. The figures show
the two armies ON peace footing-"pied de
paix." The peace footing Of the armies Of
Europe means that they are like two dogs
held back in leash. waiting to fly at each
others throats. America is lucky to be sep
arated by on ocean 5000 miles wide from Erl-
rope with her armies on peace footing.
Tho diagram will show that in every
branch of military service except infantry,
the army Of France is greater than that of
Germany. This Bismarck and yon Moltke
knew well when they urged the legislative
body Of the empire to increase the German
army.
aFrance," said Bismarck, "is strong and
well armed power, her army is brave and
ready to fight"
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THE WORLDS oYsTERopoLls.
Baltimore the Great Shipping Point for
the Luscious Iivalve,

Baltimore the Great Shipping Point for
the Luscious Bivalve,
Especial Correspondence
BALTIMORE, Jan. A.-Baltimore is the
oystcropolis OF the world, and the Chesapeake
bay is the greatest oyster territory known
anywhere. The Importance of the industry
to the state is very great. The sale of oysters
every year amounts to S10,000,0 900. About
1,50O boats are engaged in the work of CATCH
ing them, and these pay over S250,000 an
nunlly for licenses There are two classes of
oystermen-the tongers and the dredgers.
The law forbids the dredgers from going on
longing grounds and there is constant war
fare between them An oyster navy of four
steamers, three schooners and seven sloops iS
maintained by the state TO enforce the
laws This year the high prices for the
bivalves have stimulated illegal dredg-
ing, and there have been several lively
fights between the police officers and the
pirates, Oyster dredging is indescribably
hard work, and the people engaged in it are
rough and often lawiess. The reproductive
powers OF the oyster are very great. 4
healthy spawn is cabable of producing about
ls5o9,0O0 spat, oryoung oysters, but of course
most OF these are gobbled up by the enemies,
such as tho starfish and the periwinkle. Those
that do escape destruction quietly settle down
upon some bed or attach themselves to some
object, and remain there and mature until
they are caught.
Oysters have been known to attach them
selves to IN old clay pipe. Not long ago
bottle was pulled up covered almost entirely
by full grown oysters. On investigation it
proved to be full of brandy, which had been
mellowed by its residence in thu depths Ex-
press trains loaded with oysters leave Balti-
more for the west every morning. Oyster
farming is increasing, and it min do lnuel, to
eaeck the dilninution in the supply
JnHH WILLIAMS.
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WONDERS IN CHICAGO.
BIG THINGS DONE BY THE GREAT
CITY OF THE WEST.
Lifting Herself Out of the Mud, Building
Anew Upon Ashes and Finding Way
to Four Her Drainage into the Gulf
of Mexico.
Especial Correspondence

LSDeclai CorfeSD0QQence.t
CHICAGO, Jan. 25-This city has now a
commission of experts at work seeking the
best solution of an engineering problem quite
unique and interesting. In her environments
Chicago presents some features altogether un-
knoSai iIl any other large city in the world.
: Ono ssss zast e,,tiinin stood with visitor to
the city up0E1 ane OF the inaAy Bridges span
ming the Chicago river, whose course lies,
with its two diverging branches. directly
through the centre of the town. My friend
was struck with the slight elevation OF the
street surfaces above the water level.
"Wby," said he, "'tis but six or seven feet
from tho street down to the water Is that
true of the general level of the placer.
at is" replied. "And. moreover, this
level of the ground is largely artificial Fifty
years ago the land upon which Chicago has
since risen was no more than three or four
feet above the water. 1t was in some places
q swamp; in others, low, flat, wet prairie.
After thousands of buildings were put up
the citizens saw that they were too low down
in the mud, and that something would have
to be done. So they went to work and raised
their buildings five or six feet and in some
cases ten feet, all around. Great brick blocks
and hotels were thus raised, no portion of the
business usually carried on within them being
suspended on account Of the raising and no
injury being done the structures Under one
great building there were placed no less than
500 jackscrews, and for each jackscrew there
was n man. Whenever the foreman fired o
pistol each of the 500 men gave twist on his
screw, and in this way the whole mass, weigh
ing many thousands of tons, was lifted
as easily and uniformly as a steam
cranc hoists a building stone Before
many of the buildings were raised, the streets
in front of them were filled up to the new
grade, causing the first stories to be little bet
ter than Easements; and it was the peculiar
appearance of these buildings shat led one of
those wise Englishmen, who used 10 spend
few days looking at this country for the pur-
pose Of writing book about it, to send word
back to England that a man would be foolish
to invest any of his money In Chicago real
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HOME AT HoLLAND pATENT,

The village of Holland Patent gets its name
from the ancient patent or grant of land
made to Lord Holland by the British govern
ment. There are no more than 500 people in
the town. But it is a pleasant place to live
one is tired of the clash aud turmoil of
life, and there Miss Cleveland lives, meditates
and writes.
Rose Elizabeth has some of the quaint old
furniture that belonged TO her mother. In
the dining room is an old fashioned mahogany
sIdeboard. There arc wide, open freplaccs.
Across, beneath the tall mantelpiece in the
library, are inscribed the words, 90, We fire
and heat, bless ye the Lorsl.n
Miss Cleveland is profoundly religious, say
ing grace before each meal.
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Miss Cleveland's Home.

II Is pleasant to know that Miss Cleveland
has made enough from her literary work to
refit her cottage at Holland Patent through
out. Holland Patent is u village near Utica.
N, Y. Her father went there as pastor when
hose Elizabeth was years DID, He died in
few weeks. leaving his wife with o. GREAT
many dependent children. Rose is the Young
est OF nine. After her fathers death some
Presbyterian friends presented to the widow
cottage for home for the bereft family
This s'the cottage in which Miss Cleveland
now lives, though it has been made over and
improved till it hardly knows itscl..
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EVENING GOSSIP.

On black waists the ladies aro wearing
"dash of red ribbon" after the style OF the Le-
gion of Honor.
A Tuxedo woman has toboggan suit made
of an India shawl
Early Egyptian coins are now mado into
necklaces.
Long cloaks of brightest red, trimmed with
black fur, have been made fashionable i'm
Washington by one of tho legation ladies.
Undyed scalskin sacques are the latest.
Physicians say diseases are contracted from
the many cheap furs now sold and exteu-
sively used for trimmings on outdoor gar
ments.
Canadian sleigbing hoods go to a point on
top. and recall tho witches represented in
story books published extensively for chill
dren.
Those tiny, many colored fairy lamps are
now used more and more on the table at din
ner parties, and with exceedingly pretty
effect. rst
Men talors for women arc now running
riot On military fashions, and the amount
OF black braid used in "slashina' Is ennr-
NOUS
Some new fashions are occasionally appro-
priatc. tho new jade ornaments from, the land
of the Mikado, for example
Screens are now so big and so high that
they make n little room to themselves, tho
effect heightened by the expensive decor
ations
Black eros grain wraps. line, and trimmed
with fur. short behind and half long in front,
ai, traced fo- introduction to the Princess of
Wales.
The gilt tripod waste basket is lbe thing.
1t scosrred with gay ribbon bows.
Mei,'s hat boxes arc now bigger than ever,
holding silk, derby and opera hat, collars
ami cuffs, scarfs aud gloves as we'll e~
Dress c'at and waistcoat combined is the
creation Of London tailor. who says per-
feet iit AMI, possibly, his individual celebrity,
are attained.
Toboggan l"aalgear should NIT bc brought
TO town, for even with saalskin sacque il
lacks In appearance the eternal fitness of
things as it were.
Brass nails have been utilized by soine
holseholders to form unique number OF
bouse Oh the front door,
lnea muffs seen at the thaatrc and opra
arc like the magcians bag, they contain so
much and yet have the appearance Of possess
ing the capacity Of gold thimble.
Some OF the newest fans are of an oval
shape and composed Of exq,isitely tinted and
curled swans feathers. Tie mounts arc OF
ivory or bone, tinted to match tho feathers,
and have bows of ribbon at tho handles.
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NO. 36. DEER LODGE, MONTANA MARCH 4 1881
WHOLE NO. 921

nearly Eve barrels for each man. woman and
child in the city daily. The water used by
Chicago in year would make a lake a mile
wide, twenty feet deep and no less than eight
miles long; or it would fill canal ten feet
deep and twenty feet wide, extending from
Boston TO San Francisco. What do you think
of thatf'
My friend smiled at my earnestness and my
odd way of putting it, and said he should like
to visit the works where such wonderful quan-
titles of water were pumped. In that desire
he was indeed but following in the footsteps
of most visitors to Chicago. They all want
to see the water works. and, having seen
them, feel self-assured that it was good for
them to he there. WALTER WELLMAN.